Critics Rave about Othello

• "Smashing production… For its sixth venture into a genre that it has all but reinvented -- vacuuming out the dialogue in Shakespeare's greatest works and redecorating with mesmerizing movement -- Synetic has chosen the tragedy of a powerful soldier brought down by a venomous lie. And in the company's telling, it's a corker. Expressed as a tale of vengeful lust, this "Othello" generates enough heat to ignite an industrial furnace… scorching physicality…a marvelous infusion of up-to-the-minute visual technique that propels to a higher level the Tsikurishvilis' propensity for illusion." - The Washington Post
• "well worth the price of admission…a refreshingly new and visually startling approach that keys in on the visceral emotions of the original. It’s directed, choreographed, and performed by a company whose unique approach to drama adds considerably to DC’s ever-growing reputation as a premiere theater city." - DC Theatre Scene
• "I thought they had reached the pinnacle with their last outing, Antony and Cleopatra, but clearly there’s no end to the brilliance of this company when it applies its physical theater style to the Bard…an ensemble at the top of its game… flawless choices."- WeLoveDC
• "…you will never see it done this way again… If you have ever taken Shakespeare’s genius for granted, go here. And see how genius is multiplied." - The Montserrat Review
• "Othello wows without words…Synetic is certainly one of the most innovative theater arts organizations in the DC area, indeed, in the US." - DC Examiner
• "Ingeniously re-imagined… freshly explosive." - CityPaper
• "The strength of this Othello is that it creates an ominous new universe where unadorned facts and abstractions intersect, where a man's visions of his deepest fears are embedded in his reality, as well as in his fantasies and nightmares."- Special to the Examiner
• "Synetic Theater has done it again with another winning “wordless” production, “Othello”… See this masterpiece by July 3." - Rich Massabny Reviews
• "From the mesmerizing choreography to the innovative set, Synetic Theater’s Othello is a feast for the mind." - AskMissA.com
• "…this overwhelming production gave total theatrical thrills. Paata Tsikurishvili has to be the most creative director outside of his Georgia homeland… The original music by Konstantine Lortkipanidze and sterling choreography by Irina Tsikurishvili and gorgeous costumes by Anastasia Rurikov Simes are also all award winners." - AllArtsReview4U
• Voice of America Photo Gallery
• "This production achieves what adaptations rarely do – it informs Shakespeare as much as it is informed by Shakespeare. And it is more a work of art on its own than a derivative effort. Its beauty of movement, and sound, and visual expression matched, for me, that transcendence which I find in the best of Shakespeare’s verse." - William Shakespeare Experience Blog
• Commentary on the usage of video - Shubin Cafe

Synetic in the News

• "Birth of an Empire." - The Washington Post
• "Extremely Quiet, Incredibly Close" - DC Magazine Feature on Synetic
• Dance Magazine Names Irina Tsikurishvili Among the "25 to Watch" in 2010!
• The Washington Post ranks Host and Guest among the Top 10 shows of the DECADE!
• The Washington Post ranks A Midsummer Night's Dream among the Top 10 shows of 2009!

Press Releases

• The Master Returns - Announcing the Legendary 2010-11 10th Anniversary Main Stage Season (pdf)
• Synetic Pulls the Sheets Off Othello: Previews Begin June 3 at The Kennedy Center (pdf)
• Synetic Theater Receives Two Helen Hayes Awards and Announces Partnership with Crystal City (pdf)
• Synetic Theater Presents World Premiere of Kafka's Metamorphosis (pdf)
• Synetic Theater to Perform in New York City on March 11, 2010 (pdf)
• Synetic Theater receives 13 Helen Hayes Award Nominations in 2010 (pdf)
• Synetic Theater unveils its fifth wordless Shakespearean adaptation - Antony and Cleopatra - at the Lansburgh Theatre (pdf)
• Synetic Theater reinvents its classic 2005 hit Dracula! (pdf)
• Synetic Announces Salma Qarnain as Managing Director (pdf)
• Alex Mills and Dante Win 2009 DC Theatre Scene Audience Choice Awards (pdf)
• Synetic Announces 2009-2010 Season (pdf)
• Synetic Will Perform at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre in Next Year's Season (pdf)
• War and Sexuality panel follows 3 p.m. Lysistrata performance Sunday, April 19th.
• Synetic Theater presents Goran Gillinger's A Swedish Tiger as its first standalone production in its new works incubator project, the Blackout Series
• "Redemption Round Table", with some very special guests, following Dante on March 13th
• Synetic Offers Valentine's Day Special!
• Synetic Replaces The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with Host and Guest
• 2006-2007 Season Press-Release
• Kennedy Center Partnership Press-Release